KARR is dead

I had both KTT and KARR towed to C&E Performance garage, and it's official, KARR is no longer going to be a project. He is going to be a parts car for KITT as I had originally planned when I purchased the shell. The cost and time to get both cars done is just out of my scope at this junction in my life. Once all the parts have been swapped from the '82 Trans-Am to the '83 Firebird, the remaining parts will be sold off and anything that doesn't get sold will be junked.

Engine arrived

Once I got word that my engine was done, my excitement for it to get here peaked. I arranged the engine to be shipped from Central Virginia Machine Services to C&E Performance shop. That was the longest week. It was really disappointing after paying for insurance that I was unable to track the engine as it traveled from one side of the country to the other.

It arrived at April 30th at 3pm to C&E Performance and uncrating it took a bit of time. After two years of waiting for this engine to be done, it's finally here! Now, more waiting till I can fire it up and hear it run. Headers have been ordered and once those arrive we'll be able to get it started.

First thing we noticed was some rusty water dripping out of the plug holes. Also, whomever crated it was a bit hands-y with their greasy fingers as the valve covers were dirty, the spark plug cables have grease on them too. So, it's not showroom ready out of the crate, it will need some cleaning.